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<blockquote data-quote="february" data-source="post: 711800" data-attributes="member: 21578"><p>BeautifulTE="SomewhereOutThere, post: 711758, member: 1550"]She talked her very straight, hard nose, strict brother into renting his basement to her. He was very strict, worse than us. One cigarette in his home and she knew she would be in the streets, which she did not want.</p><p></p><p>She got a job and without a car walked back and forth to work in Chicagos winter. She had to help with chores in her brothers huge house. He had leased tenants and she helped clean and cook for the guys. She listened to him like she never listened to us because sometimes we got soft, but she knew he never would.</p><p></p><p>Daughter quit all drugs while her new, clean boyfriend stayed in the basement with her. No rehab. She was sick of the drug life and never went back. She took out a small loan instead and got a certificate at a two year college. She is a gifted pastry chef and won some awards and taught a class at that college. She was even on television once.</p><p></p><p>A lot of people quit without rehab. A lot do rehab many times and dont quit. Some do quit. It depends on how badly the person wants to quit.</p><p></p><p>Even if this brother had not taken her in, she was out of our house. We had tried every other approach and we had two young kids who were afraid of her. She had to leave since things just kept getting worse. It wasnt easy to do. In fact, it broke my heart. But we had already given her tons of chances.</p><p></p><p>She told me many times that if we had not made her leave, she may not have quit.</p></blockquote><p>Beautiful outcome!</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="february, post: 711800, member: 21578"] BeautifulTE="SomewhereOutThere, post: 711758, member: 1550"]She talked her very straight, hard nose, strict brother into renting his basement to her. He was very strict, worse than us. One cigarette in his home and she knew she would be in the streets, which she did not want. She got a job and without a car walked back and forth to work in Chicagos winter. She had to help with chores in her brothers huge house. He had leased tenants and she helped clean and cook for the guys. She listened to him like she never listened to us because sometimes we got soft, but she knew he never would. Daughter quit all drugs while her new, clean boyfriend stayed in the basement with her. No rehab. She was sick of the drug life and never went back. She took out a small loan instead and got a certificate at a two year college. She is a gifted pastry chef and won some awards and taught a class at that college. She was even on television once. A lot of people quit without rehab. A lot do rehab many times and dont quit. Some do quit. It depends on how badly the person wants to quit. Even if this brother had not taken her in, she was out of our house. We had tried every other approach and we had two young kids who were afraid of her. She had to leave since things just kept getting worse. It wasnt easy to do. In fact, it broke my heart. But we had already given her tons of chances. She told me many times that if we had not made her leave, she may not have quit.[/QUOTE] Beautiful outcome! [/QUOTE]
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